Overview
- Detroit was awarded the waiver claim Monday, placing Hayden Rucci on its 53-man roster.
- Under NFL rules, a claimed player must remain on the active roster for at least three weeks.
- Miami waived Rucci to create space for the returns of Darren Waller and Austin Jackson.
- The Lions are thin at tight end with Sam LaPorta on injured reserve and Brock Wright sidelined by a neck and trachea injury.
- Rucci fills the roster spot opened by CB Terrion Arnold going on IR, while Detroit added WR Andrew Armstrong to the practice squad and released OL Netane Muti.